John Arcilla is the first Filipino and Southeast Asian to win the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
50 Facts About John Arcilla
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John Arcilla played the role of Antonio Luna in the historical drama film Heneral Luna that made him a renowned Historical Film Icon in Philippine Cinema.
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John Arcilla played as Hagorn in the most popular fantasy drama series Encantadia.
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John Arcilla is famous for playing the role of Renato Hipolito in the longest action drama in Philippine television series FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.
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John Arcilla received a Best Actor Award from the prestigious Gawad Urian in 2022 for the film On The Job: The Missing 8.
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John Arcilla won the Movie Actor of the Year from the 37th PMPC Star Awards for Movies for the film Suarez: The Healing Priest.
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John Arcilla was born in Quezon City, Philippines to Filipino parents, Dominador Gil Alemania Arcilla and Eustaquia Gonzales.
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John Arcilla finished high school at Mount Carmel College of Baler.
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John Arcilla was a member of the community based Philippine Educational Theater Association-Metropolitan Teen Theater League during his high school days.
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John Arcilla graduated as a scholar of mass communication from Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City.
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John Arcilla was an acting scholar of the Actors Workshop Foundation under Laurice Guillen, Johnny Delgado, and Leo Martinez from 1987 to 1990.
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John Arcilla joined Dulaang UP through the stage director and National Artist for Theater Tony Mabesa.
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John Arcilla played the lead roles in several plays, including Orosman and Zafira, Walang Sugat, and Ryan Cayabyab's Rizal musical trilogy: El Filibusterismo, Noli Me Tangere, and Illustrado.
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In 2000, John Arcilla became a guest actor for Repertory Philippines and was one of the main cast in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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John Arcilla played the role of Valentin Arregui Paz, a middle-class socialist revolutionary imprisoned for his political activism.
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John Arcilla often appeared as an episode cast in the Wakasan Series and Lovingly Yours, Helen.
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On this TV program, John Arcilla usually played the onscreen partner to the biggest female stars in the 1990s.
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John Arcilla had a bigger role in Raymond Red's first full-length feature, Bayani.
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John Arcilla played General Mariano Noriel, who was a member of the War Council that oversaw Andres Bonifacio's case in 1897.
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For Sakay, John Arcilla played General Leon Villafuerte, the revolutionary chief of staff in Macario Sakay's Tagalog Republic.
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In 1996, John Arcilla played Lino, a helpful boatman yet stonehearted husband in the film Mulanay, for which he won Best Actor at the 1996 Manila Film Festival.
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John Arcilla played the lead role in the film adaptation of Tony Perez' play about infidelity, Sa North Diversion Road.
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John Arcilla was nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the 2007 Golden Screen Award and earned a nomination for Movie Actor of the Year at the Star Awards for Movies.
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John Arcilla returned to television in 2010 in the suspense drama Magkaribal.
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John Arcilla was in two films, Thelma and No Other Woman.
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John Arcilla had his Hollywood debut for a cameo role in the 2012 spy thriller The Bourne Legacy, where he played the head security guard.
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John Arcilla played Mariano Trias in the Emilio Aguinaldo biopic, El Presidente.
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John Arcilla was in the cast of Lilet Never Happened, which won the Best Cast Ensemble at the 2013 International Film Festival Manhattan.
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John Arcilla earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 16th British Independent Film Awards.
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In 2014, John Arcilla was part of the cast of Muslim Magnum.
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John Arcilla was in episodes of Magpakailanman and Maalala Mo Kaya.
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John Arcilla received a Best Actor nomination at the 10th Asian Film Awards.
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In 2016, John Arcilla was part of the cast of Mikhail Red's Birdshot, where he played the senior police officer Mendoza, assigned to train his rookie partner for handling an investigation.
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John Arcilla starred in the short film Supot, directed by Phil Giordano and shot in the Philippines.
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John Arcilla won the Craft Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2017 First Run Festival, New York.
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In 2019, John Arcilla made two horror movies: Second Coming and Kuwaresma.
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John Arcilla starred in the comedy film, The Panti Sisters, where he played Don Emilio, the stern father of three gay sons.
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John Arcilla was nominated as Best Supporting Actor in the 2019 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
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Later that year, Arcilla was part of the main cast of the Filipino adaptation of the Korean film Miracle in Cell No 7, where he played the prison warden Johnny San Juan.
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In 2020, John Arcilla played the lead role as Fernando Suarez in the biographical film, Suarez: The Healing Priest.
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John Arcilla received a nomination as Best Actor in a Leading Role for the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival and won the Best Actor of the Year at the 37th PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
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In 2021, John Arcilla starred in Erik Matti's On the Job: The Missing 8.
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John Arcilla received a Best Supporting Actor Award for A Hard Day from the 24th Gawad Pasado in 2022.
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In 2022, John Arcilla starred in the suspense thriller film Reroute.
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John Arcilla was in a romantic comedy, How to Move on in 30 Days, a TV series streamed via the YouTube Channel of ABS-CBN Entertainment.
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John Arcilla has earned numerous acting awards and nominations from various award-giving bodies in the Philippines and abroad.
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In 2013, John Arcilla received his first international acting nomination as Best Supporting Actor at the 16th British Independent Film Awards for the film Metro Manila.
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In 2017, John Arcilla received his first international Best Supporting Actor Craft Award from the First Run Festival held in New York for the short film Supot.
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In 2021, John Arcilla earned the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the 78th Venice Film Festival for the film On the Job: The Missing 8.
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John Arcilla received a Best Supporting Actor Award for this film in 1997 from Gawad Urian.